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Algeria: Writer Anouar Rahmani under imminent threat of arrest for blasphemy
PEN is deeply worried about the writer and human rights defender Anouar Rahmani (أنور رحماني), who is currently the subject of a criminal investigation for allegedly insulting Islam following… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Democrats introduce a bill to make Trump's Mar-a-Lago meetings more transparent, hundreds of protestors were arrested in Belarus, and more. More
2017 PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY
Winner Angela Morales for The Girls in My Town (University of New Mexico Press) The PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay aims to preserve the dignity and esteem that… More
2017 PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD
Winner Hisham Matar for The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land in Between (Penguin Random House) The PEN/Jean Stein Book Award is an annual award which recognizes a… More
2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners
PEN America is thrilled to announce the winners for its 2017 PEN America Literary Awards. This year's awards will confer over $300,000 to writers and translators for their exceptional literary works and careers… More
DARE To Be Informed
Trump's cuts to the arts hit home, Rex Tillerson faces opposition on press access, Belarus represses rising protests, a journalist dies in Mexico, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The Senate voted to undo landmark rules covering Internet privacy, a transphobic "Free Speech Bus" is touring the east coast, and more. More
from Airstrip Falconry
my brother died that day / already at twenty-three / past highway 7 if wishing what / he’d stay for wasn’t me / wasn’t someone else // the smell… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Donald Trump repeats many of his debunked falsehoods in an interview with Time, Mike Huckabee defends the NEA, and more. More
Interview with Vietnamese Journalist and Human Rights Lawyer Trinh Huu Long
One year after the Anh Ba Sam court decision, PEN America publishes its interview with Trinh Huu Long, a Vietnamese journalist and human rights lawyer who stepped in to… More